Sacheon Mayor Park Dongsik Visits Presidential Office to Propose Establishment of Space Aviation Agency

Proposal for Timely Enactment of the Special Act on the Space Aviation Agency

On the 18th, Park Dong-sik, mayor of Sacheon City, announced that he visited the Presidential Office to establish the Korean-style NASA Aerospace Agency in Sacheon within this year.

Mayor Park visited the Presidential Office and conveyed the passionate desire of Sacheon citizens for the establishment of the Aerospace Agency to Kim Dae-nam, Secretary of the Civil Society Office.

He also shared the results of the early enactment campaign for the special law to establish the Aerospace Agency, which was conducted earlier this year. More than 70,000 citizens signed the petition.

Right: Park Dong-sik, Mayor of Sacheon City Left: Kim Dae-nam, Secretary to the Chief of Civil Society Office

Mayor Park met with ruling and opposition party lawmakers to request the early passage of the special law and explained Sacheon City's preparations for the stable establishment of the Aerospace Agency.

This visit to the National Assembly was arranged to explain the necessity of the early establishment of the Aerospace Agency and to request bipartisan cooperation for the passage of the special law.

Mayor Park held consecutive meetings with lawmakers including Cho Hae-jin, Kim Young-sik, Yoon Doo-hyun, Seo Il-jun, Heo Eun-ah, Baek Jong-heon, and Yoon Jae-ok from the People Power Party, as well as Min Byung-duk and Lee Byung-hoon from the Democratic Party of Korea, seeking their cooperation for the passage of the special law within the first half of the year.

He also met with aides to Minister of Economy and Finance Choo Kyung-ho, Minister of Unification Kwon Young-se, and lawmaker Kim Doo-kwan to urge interest in the establishment of the Aerospace Agency in Sacheon.

Mayor Park attended the ‘National Aerospace Governance Strengthening Strategy Seminar’ held in the main conference room of the National Assembly Members' Office Building, continuing to explore the direction the Aerospace Agency should take.

The seminar was co-hosted by lawmakers Ha Young-je, Lee Heon-seung, and Yoon Young-seok, and featured discussions on the national space economy, aerospace control tower, and aerospace complex city.

Mayor Park stated, “Amid fierce global competition for space, there is a growing sense of crisis that the establishment of a dedicated space organization representing the Republic of Korea could be derailed due to certain vested interests,” adding, “A grand decision at the National Assembly level is necessary.”

Meanwhile, if the government’s special law related to the establishment of the Aerospace Agency passes the National Assembly in June, it is expected that the agency can be opened within this year after the enactment of subordinate laws in the second half of the year.